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We created 3,065 posts on our social media platforms this calendar year, in which we shared member stories, tips from experts, pictures from events and more! To wrap up the year, we researched and found which stories you liked best. Here were the top three most engaging stories in 2015:

By Erin Scannell, an EO Seattle Member and Founder of Heritage Wealth Advisors

The way in which I founded my company was an incredibly humbling experience and is something that, other than my wife, even the very closest people in my life aren’t aware of. I started it straight out of college in 1998, after having interviewed at 27 banks and wealth management firms without receiving a job offer. (more…)

During my 16 years of helping professionals and entrepreneurs plan for the future, I have come up with three assumptions that prevent most entrepreneurs from building a robust, personal balance sheet as they build their businesses. They are as follows:

My business is the best possible place for me to invest my money

Upon the sale of my business, it will give me enough assets to retire

Anyone who disagrees with the above two points cannot be listened to or trusted, or they do not understand what it means to be a business owner

Exactly four years ago today, Heinz Marketing became a real thing. The Monday before Thanksgiving in 2008 I was finally on my own.

The stock market, you probably remember, had just tanked. My wife was pregnant with our first child. So, of course, I decided to quit my job and finally start the business that had been gnawing at me. (more…)

I went through a mid-life crisis at the age of 16. My successful rock band split up, I was the most socially awkward high school student on the planet and I spent my days trying to decide what I wanted to do with my life. I kept thinking: How can I build an identity that’s more sustainable? I found my answer outside of a small coffee shop in Idaho, USA. (more…)